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Herbert John Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone, GCB, GCMG, GBE ( February 18, 1854 - March 6, 1930) was a British Liberal politician and statesman. The youngest son of Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone, he was born in Downing Street where his father was living at the time as Chancellor of the Exchequer, and was educated at Eton and University College, Oxford. He lectured in HistoryHistory is often used as a generic term for information about the past, such as in "geologic history of the Earth". When used as the name of a field of study, history refers to the study and interpretation of the record of human societies. The term histor at Keble College, OxfordKeble College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. History The best-known of Keble's Victorian founders was Edward Pusey, after whom parts of the college are named. The college itself is named after John Ke, for three years before becoming private secretary to his father in 1880Events January 1 Construction of the Panama Canal begins February 2 The first electric streetlight is installed in Wabash, Indiana February 13 Thomas Edison becomes the second person to observe the Edison Effect. February 17 Bomb explodes in Winter Palace. That same year, having unsuccessfully contested the constituency of MiddlesexMiddlesex is the name of several places: England: Middlesex, a traditional county of England, The original use of this place name. Middlesex County Cricket Club Middlesex University Canada: Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada In the United States of America, he was elected Liberal Member of ParliamentA Member of Parliament or MP is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. Australia In Australia, the term Member of Parliament refers specifically to a mem for LeedsThis article discusses the city Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. Leeds gives its name to the metropolitan borough named the City of Leeds, discussed in a separate article, which also takes in many towns and villages in the surrounding area. Leeds is a ci, and in the 1885 General ElectionThe 1885 UK general election was from the 24th November 18th December 1885. It saw the Liberals, led by William Gladstone, win the most seats, but not an overall majority. As the Irish Nationalists held the balance of power between them and the Conservati was returned to ParliamentThe Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty) legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories. At its head is the Sovereign; it also includ for West Leeds. Having been a junior Lord of the Treasury in 1881, Gladstone became Deputy Commissioner of the Office of Works in 1885, and the following year served for a brief period as Financial Secretary to the War Office. In 1892, on his father's return to power, he was made Under Secretary of State for the Home Department, and two years later he became First Commissioner of Works in Lord Rosebery's government. He became the Liberals' Chief Whip in 1899, and returned to office in 1905 when Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman appointed him Home Secretary. Five years later, he was appointed the first Governor-General of the Union of South Africa as well as the High Commissioner there, being appointed GCMG and created Viscount Gladstone, of the County of Lanark.
After his return from South Africa in 1914, Lord Gladstone was appointed GCB, and spent much of the First World War being involved with various charities and charitable organizations, including the War Refugees Committee, the South African Hospital Fund, and the South African Ambulance in France. He was appointed GBE in 1917.
Lord Gladstone died aged 70 at his Ware home, and was buried in the town's Little Munden Church. With no children, his barony became extinct at his death.
Gladstone, Herbert John Gladstone, Viscount
Gladstone, Herbert John Gladstone, Viscount
Gladstone, Herbert John Gladstone, Viscount
Gladstone, Herbert John Gladstone, Viscount
Gladstone, Herbert John Gladstone, Viscount
